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WMS Part 2 Guidance

The Water Management Society (WMSoc) recently published the second part of its guidance on remote monitoring of water systems in May 2024. It provides some much needed guidance to end...

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WMS Part 1 Guidance

In January 2023, The Water Management Society published a set of guidance for Remote Temperature Monitoring for its members. It contains some excellent analysis of the market, issues and trends...

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CHAS Certified

CHAS (The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme) is an accreditation awarded to companies that can show their health & safety processes can meet an excellent standard View Certificate Here

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Technical Bulletin Issue 4

In the fourth issue of our technical bulletin, we consider the use of secondary disinfection, such as copper silver ionisation and how it can control problematic water systems....

Education, Research and Development, Sectors

Technical Bulletin Issue 3

In this bulletin we look at the impact of the pandemic on Legionella Control with a focus on Healthcare and Education. We evaluate the variations between data recorded in 2019,...

Education, Health & Safety, Research and Development, Sectors, Technology & R&D, Uncategorized

Technical Bulletin 2 – Embracing Technology for Proactive Management

RTM technology allows us to analyse live data, trend results, monitor systems 24/7, and for the first time, to generate a realtime profile of a building’s water system, which enables...

HBE, Research and Development, Technology & R&D

Technical Bulletin Issue 1

Welcome to the first HBE Legionella Control Technical News Bulletin. In our everchanging world, data and information analysis has become commonplace and it is no different with HBE....

HBE, Research and Development, Technology

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

HBE’s statement of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking sets out our commitment to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our business activities and the steps we have put in place...

HBE, Policies

Legionella Control Association Statement of Compliance

Legionella Control Association Statement of Compliance...

HBE, HBE Certificates, Ireland Compliance Requirements, Legionella Control Association (LCA), UK Compliance Requirements

Last Sample Collection Dates 2020

Last Collection Day Our last collection of water samples will be on Friday 18th December 2020. Normal services will resume on Monday 4th January 2021. HBE Christmas Hours HBE Offices...

HBE, Legionella Control

Happy World Quality Day!

As an organisation we take pride in the Quality of the services we deliver, so we're also celebrating the trust we work to develop between ourselves, our customers, our staff...

Construction, Education, Facilities & Property Management, HBE, Health, Health & Safety, Hospitality, Housing Associations, Manufacturing & Industry, Pharmaceutical, Public Sector, Sectors, Water

Legionella Control Association (LCA) Code of Conduct for Service Providers

Legionella Control Association (LCA) – Code of Conduct for Service Providers

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Legionella Control Association Certificate

Legionella Control Association (LCA) Registration Certificate – HBE LCA Members provide a range of products and services for the control of legionella bacteria in water systems. All LCA Members demonstrate...

HBE, HBE Certificates, Ireland Compliance Requirements, Legionella Control Association (LCA), UK Compliance Requirements

HPSC Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection from Water Systems in Healthcare Facilities

Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection from Water Systems in Healthcare Facilities 2015 In 2012, the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) proposed...

Ireland Compliance Requirements

HSG 274 Part 3

HSG 274 Part 3: The control of legionella bacteria in other risk systems This guidance is for dutyholders, which includes employers, those in control of premises and those with health...

Ireland Compliance Requirements, UK Compliance Requirements

Legionnaires’ disease. The control of legionella bacteria in water systems Approved Code of Practice and guidance

HSE Approved Code of Practice and guidance on regulations This book is aimed at dutyholders, including employers, those in control of premises and those with health and safety responsibilities for...

Ireland Compliance Requirements, UK Compliance Requirements

Download the updated Legionella Control Association guidance for reopening buildings following COVID-19 closure....

HBE, Ireland Compliance Requirements, Legionella Control, UK Compliance Requirements

COVID-19 Update

Following our classification as an essential services provider, HBE is open for business, but not quite as usual. We are making the health, safety and well-being of our staff of...

Facilities & Property Management, Health, Health & Safety, Sectors, Water

HSG282 – The control of Legionella & other infectious agents in Spa pool systems

HSG282 -The control of legionella and otherninfectious agents in spa-poolnsystems Spa-pool systems are a recognised source of diseases caused by infectious agents including the organism that causes legionnairesu2019 disease, primarily...

Hospitality, Ireland Compliance Requirements, Sectors, UK Compliance Requirements

Council prosecuted for water hygiene failings & inadequate in-house staff training

Failures identified by the HSE during an investigation into a Council's water hygiene control measures failings concluded that in-house Council staff were inadequately trained to deliver the service to a...

Education, Facilities & Property Management, Hospitality, Public Sector, Sectors, Training, Water

A West Sussex Council has been issued with a regulatory notice for failing to assess fire and water hygiene risks in properties it is responsible for maintaining....

Construction, Education, Facilities & Property Management, Health, Hospitality, Housing Associations, Manufacturing & Industry, Pharmaceutical, Public Sector, Sectors, Water

Sports Club closed for refurbishment after Legionnaires’ Disease cases

A popular Nuneaton sports club has closed its doors for refurbishment works following a cricket match where two players contracted Legionnaires' disease....

Facilities & Property Management, Hospitality, Public Sector, Sectors, Water

City of Wolverhampton Council serves prohibition notice on Hotel

A well known Wolverhampton Hotel has closed its bedroom service after The City of Wolverhampton Council served a prohibition notice following concerns related to the hotel's water management system....

Facilities & Property Management, Hospitality, Sectors, Water

Highest levels of Legionnaires’ Disease cases in Ireland recorded in 2017

Data released by Irish Health authorities highlight the growing number of Legionnaires’ disease cases in Ireland, with a record level of the potentially fatal infections notified last year....

Health, Water

BIFM Ireland members learn about Legionella Control

We are delighted that HBE's General Manager (ROI), Seamus McKeown and Account Manager, Conal Doherty have been invited by BIFM Ireland to present about the importance of Legionella Control to...

Facilities & Property Management, HBE, Sectors, Water

Hotel goes into administration after Legionnaires’ disease death

Administrators have been called into a Hotel where two guests contracted Legionnaires' Disease a year ago, one of whom died....

Hospitality, Sectors, Water

National Guidelines Control of Legionellosis in Ireland

National Guidelines for the Control of Legionellosis in Ireland, 2009 Legionellosis is a disease comprising two distinct clinical entities: pontiac fever, a mild self-limiting influenza-like illness, and legionnaires’ disease a...

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